Garment-hanger.



R. W. GIESE. GARMENT HANGER. APPLwATIoN FILED s511114, 1910.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

UNITEDA sTArnsgrENT ormon.

ROBERT W."GIESE, -OF P HILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

` GARMENLHANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Apl'ieatien inea september 14, 1910. serial Ne.

To all whom imag concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. GIEsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inl Garment-Hangers, of, which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to imtprovements in garmenthangers, the object o the invention being to provide a simple inexpensive construction of hanger which is adapted for supporting trousers, skirts, and other articles, which will occupy but small space in a room, and which is so constructed as to prevent injury to the wall by reason of movement of the device.

lVith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a perspective View illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2, is an enlarged fragmentary View in section illustrating the pivotal connection of the supporter, and Fig. 3, is a view in section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

1 represents a bracket having screw receiving openings 2 to secure the same to a wall or other support. rIhis bracket 1 is provided with an outwardly projecting arm 3 having a bearing 4 near its free end. This bearing 4 is adapted to receive a journal 5 integral with a block 6 supported to turn on the arm 2. This block 6 is elongated transversely, and a plurality of parallel spring rods 7 are secured at one' end in the block 6, and serve to support trousers, skirts, ties, and various articles such as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The journal 5 is preferably sllghtly shorter than the depth of bearing 4, and a disk 8 bears against the lower face of arm 3, is of greater diameter than the bearing, and is' provided with a central opening 9 for a screw 10, which is screwed into a threaded socket 1l in the end of the journal, and by tightening this screw, the frictional engagement of the block with the arm may be regulated so as to prevent a free swinging movement of the block so as to compel the han and pointed out in the Patented Dee. e, 1910. 582,005.

ger to remain in any position to which it is moved. y

Journal 5 is provided in one face with a curved groove. 12 into which a screw 13 screwed through an opening in arm 3 projects. The end walls of this groove 12 serve tol strike the screw 13 and lilnitthe turning movement of the journal in the arm, thereby preventing the hanger from being swung around in contact with the wall to the injury of the latter.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I theprecise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty t-o make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger of the character described, comprising a bracket, an arm on the bracket having a bearing therein, a block, a plurality of parallel spring rods on the block, a journal on the block located in said bearing, means for frictional'ly clampin said journal in the bearing, and means for imiting the turning movement of the journal in the bearing, substantially as described.

2. A garment hanger of the character described, comprising a bracket, an arm on the bracket having a bearing therein, a block, a plurality of parallel spring rods on the block, a journal on the block located in said bearing, said bearing of greater depth than the journal and havinor a screw threaded socket in its lower en a disk against the lower face of said arm having a central opening, and a screw projected through said .opening in the disk and screwed into the socket in the journal, substantially as described.

3. A garment hanger of the character described, comprising a bracket, an arm on the bracket having a bearing therein, a block, a plurality of parallel spring rods on the block, a journal on the block located in said bearing, said bearing of greater depth than the journal and having a screw threaded socket in its lower end, a disk against the lower face of said arm having acentral opening, a screw projected through said 'g 'www opening in `the end orewed into jshe tesrltinlxoxiy whereof I have signed my socket 1n the journal, said journal havmgname to this specification in the presence of a. curved annuler groove, a screw in the arm two subscribing witnesses.

projected into sald groove' and the end -f\ ROBERT W, GIESE. 5.wal1s of said groove adaptec t'engage-the With: g

screw and limit lishejisurning movement of R. H. KnENxnL, the journal, substantially as described. C. E. Porre. 

